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Case Reports
. 2015 May 19;84(20):2093-5.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001593. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

Heroin inhalation complicated by refractory hydrocephalus: A novel presentation

Diep Ho Bui  1 , Jonathan Pace  1 , Sunil Manjila  1 , Sankalp Gokhale  1 , Ming-Chieh Shun  1 , Andrew Sloan  1 , Ciro Ramos-Estebanez  2
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Heroin inhalation complicated by refractory hydrocephalus: A novel presentation

Diep Ho Bui et al. Neurology. .
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Figure 1. MRI at admission and 3-month follow-up
(A) Initial T1-weighted imaging with contrast: axial (a), coronal (b), and sagittal (c) show cerebellar involvement. Axial (d) demonstrates globi pallidi involvement. (B) Three-month follow-up T1-weighted imaging with contrast: axial (a), coronal (b), and sagittal (c) show interval resolution of contrast enhancement. Axial (d) demonstrates resolution of globi pallidi enhancement. Note diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement.
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